Frank Coghlan Jr.
Frank Coghlan, Jr. (1916–2009) was an American actor who later became a career officer in the United States Navy and a Naval Aviator. He appeared in approximately 129 films and television programs between 1920 and 1974. During the 1920s and 1930s, he became a popular child and juvenile actor appearing in early Our Gang comedies, but he is best known for the role of Billy Batson in Adventures of Captain Marvel. Coghlan later served 23 years as an aviator and officer in the US Navy from 1942 to 1965. After retiring from the Navy, he returned to acting and appeared in television, films, and commercials.
Gone with the Wind
as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical...
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Valley of the Dolls
as Reporter (uncredited)In New York City, bright but naive New Englander Anne Welles becomes a secretary at a theatrical...
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The Public Enemy
as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum...
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Out of the Fog
as uncreditedA Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up...
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Scouts to the Rescue
as Ken - a Boy ScoutFilmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is...
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Boys' Reformatory
as Eddie O'MearaA tough street kid takes the rap for a burglary committed by the son of his foster family and is...
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It's a Wonderful World
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he...
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Knute Rockne All American
as Messenger (uncredited)The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
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The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Man at Bar (uncredited)Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west...
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Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Eddie Brill, JockeyWhen a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a...
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The Fighting 69th
as Jimmy (uncredited)Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy,...
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Angels Wash Their Faces
as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister,...
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few...
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Dust Be My Destiny
as Newsboy (uncredited)Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail,...
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Here I Am a Stranger
as Office BoyThe story of a young man's discovery of his father.
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Her Man o' War
as Peterkin SchultzDuring World War I, an American soldier is captured and taken prisoner by the Germans. However,...
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Cause for Divorce
as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)David Butler and Fritzi Brunette star in this melodrama about an agricultural student whose wife...
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The Love God?
as Reporter (uncredited)Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan...
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Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Billy BatsonOn a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself...
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Day-time Wife
as Office BoyWhen a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary,...
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Red Lights Ahead
as Willie WallaceA family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from...
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Man Wanted
as Youngster in StoreA female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
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Free, Blonde and 21
as Sammy, BellboyStories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a...
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The Flying Irishman
as Teenager Taking PhotographThis is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan...
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Make Way for a Lady
as Billy HopkinsAn imaginative teenager decides to play matchmaker for her widowed father. Director David...
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Second Fiddle
as Studio Call BoyStudio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back...
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Happiness C.O.D.
as Larry SherridanA young man, hard-pressed to pay off his mortgage and support his family, decides that he'll get...
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Presenting Lily Mars
as Elevator BoyStarstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a...
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Union Depot
as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a...
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Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Mickey MartinA minor league pitcher lets pride get the better of him after he joins the New York Yankees.
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Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as SelfThere never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already...
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A Harp in Hock
as Tommy ShannonA Harp in Hock, also known as The Samaritan, is a lost 1927 American silent melodrama film...
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Murder Over New York
as Frankie O'ShaughnessyWhen Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in...
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Off the Record
as Copyboy (uncredited)After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to...
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Hell's House
as ShortyA teenager lands in a brutal reform school for refusing to squeal on his bootlegger boss.
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Service de Luxe
as BellhopGlamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to...
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Stranded
as Page (uncredited)A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
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The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Frank 'Frankie' BurkeUpset by discipline at school, a 17-year-old runs away to New York City and learns there are...
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River's End
as MickeySgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named...
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Love Thy Neighbor
as BellboyCapitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two...
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East Side of Heaven
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the...
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Meet Dr. Christian
as BudThe first of six films in the "Dr. Christian" series, starring Jean Hersholt as a small town...
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Remedy for Riches
as BudA small town doctor suspects the stranger in town is promoting an oil swindle. The fourth entry...
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Let 'Er Go Gallegher
as John 'Let 'Er Go' GallegherYoung John Gallagher wants to be a newspaper reporter. One day he witnesses a murder committed...
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The Skyrocket
as Mickey (prologue)In the prologue Sharon Kimm and Mickey Reid are childhood friends in a tenement neighborhood but...
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Uncle Joe
as DickA pretty Chicago teenager (Gale Storm), who's being courted by an older man, is sent by her...
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The Poverty of Riches
as uncreditedJohn and Katherine Colby decide to put off parenthood until he has become wealthy. Their...
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The Republic Pictures Story
as SelfA history of Republic Pictures studios, featuring hundreds of clips plus on-camera interviews...
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The Darling of New York
as The Ross KidSantussa, an orphan who becomes separated from her nurse en route to America to live with her...
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Kentucky Blue Streak
as Johnny BradleyA nosy reporter (Nugent) befriends the dumb Coughlin and pushes the Governor to commute his...
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Corvette K-225
as RatingThe story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
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Little Old New York
as (uncredited)An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has...
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The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
as uncreditedHeavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which...
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The Girl Said No
as Eddie WardA comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of...
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Ex-Champ
as BellhopA former prizefighter tries to help his son pay off his gambling debts.
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What's to Do?
as Sonny RogersSonny Rogers has just gotten elected class president, he's a star baseball player, and has a...
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Drum Taps
as Eric CartwrightSkinner and his gang are grabbing land from the ranchers. When they go after Kerry's ranch Ken...
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The Last of the Mohicans
as UncasNatty Bumppo, known as Hawk-Eye, is a frontiersman in the American wilderness. Together with his...
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It Pays to Advertise
as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is...
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Penrod and Sam
as Sam WilliamsBest pals Penrod and Sam are leaders of a super-secret neighborhood society, the In-Or-In Boys...
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Rubber Tires
as Charley StackWhen the Stack family suffers some financial setbacks, daughter Mary Ellen suggests they buy a...
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The Love-Ins
as Reporter in ParkA college professor falls in with the counterculture crowd in San Francisco after resigning from...
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The Love-Ins
as Reporter in Park (uncredited)A college professor falls in with the counterculture crowd in San Francisco after resigning from...
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as Newspaper Switchboard OperatorA man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
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The Country Doctor
as Sard JonesA country doctor helps a young couple to elope, and comes near to losing his practice and his...
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In the Money
as Dick HigginbottomWhen the chemical company owned by eccentric Professor Higginbottom files for bankruptcy, the...
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The Yankee Clipper
as MickeyA race between a British clipper ship and an American ship of a new design will determine the...
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Managed Money
as Sonny RogersYoung Mary Lou tries to help her brother Sonny raise money so that he can attend a military academy.
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Square Shoulders
as John W. 'Tad' Collins Jr.Tad's dream is to attend a military academy so he can grow up to be a great soldier and a war...
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Racetrack
as Jackie CurtisJoe Tomasso is an Italian-American bookmaker and gambler who, outwardly, is hard but...
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Pardon My Pups
as Sonny RogersMary Lou is excited because today is her older brother Sonny's birthday. Sonny wants a...
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Let Them Live
as BellhopA young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
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The Spanish Dancer
as Page (uncredited)The Spanish Dancer is the story of Maritana, a Romani girl who dances in courtyards and even...
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Whispering Smith
as uncreditedRailroad foreman Murray Sinclair is dismissed by George McCloud, division superintendent, for...
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Merrily Yours
as James "Sonny" RogersSonny falls for the pretty new girl next door and decides to take her to a part. First, however,...
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Bobbed Hair
as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)A young woman spurns her too conventional fiancé and flees to an artists' colony.
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The Beverly Hillbillies
as HelmsmanJed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...
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